NetCrunch — The Smart Way

Built for Today's Networks

Comparison of speed, architecture, and simplicity

Monitoring has evolved — but SolarWinds hasn't.
NetCrunch combines speed, simplicity, and full-stack monitoring in one unified platform, without the slowdowns, add-ons, or outdated complexity.

SolarWinds, once a leader in monitoring, is now stuck with outdated technologies, a heavy reliance on databases, and a user experience built for a different era.

Monitoring Coverage Without Bloat

Broad, real-time visibility — without heavy frameworks.

NetCrunch delivers unified monitoring across devices, flows, servers, cloud services, and virtualization platforms — all from a single platform.
You get real-time insights without juggling different modules, licenses, or slow database-driven performance.

SolarWinds monitoring covers similar ground but fragments visibility across multiple products, such as NPM, SAM, VMAN, and NTA. Each requires separate deployment and licensing.

Smart Configuration. Amplified Results.

Smarter policies, faster deployment — no scripting required.

NetCrunch uses a policy-driven engine to automate monitoring deployment, configuration changes, and alerting across thousands of nodes without requiring custom scripts or manual tuning.

SolarWinds offers automation, but it often relies on complex templates, manual steps, or third-party scripting to fully configure devices, services, and applications.
Scaling or updating policies in SolarWinds typically requires deeper technical effort and system knowledge.

Alerts and Intelligence That Make Sense

Actionable alerts, smarter correlation — not alert floods.

NetCrunch delivers smart, policy-driven alerting with over 40 action types, built-in escalation paths, and real-time event correlation.
It focuses on meaningful, actionable notifications — not endless noise that overwhelms teams.

SolarWinds provides alerting and correlation, but it often leads to alert storms if configurations aren’t carefully tuned.
Managing complex alerts across multiple modules adds friction and increases the risk of missing critical issues.

User Experience You'll Enjoy

Real-time visibility, responsive dashboards — no waiting, no frustration.

We built NetCrunch for speed. Dashboards update in real time, views are instantly available, and changes appear without needing page reloads or screen redraws.
Its modern web interface and responsive design make managing thousands of nodes fast, easy, and efficient.

SolarWinds’ legacy ASP.NET and IIS-based architecture often leads to slow-loading screens, disappearing dashboards during refreshes, and clunky user interactions.
Dashboards feel overloaded, searching is slow and imprecise, and mobile responsiveness is minimal.

Everything You Need, Unified

One platform. All features — no surprises or hidden costs.

Monitoring should be simple, scalable, and complete, not split across dozens of products.
NetCrunch delivers full-stack monitoring from day one, covering devices, flows, servers, cloud, applications, and logs in a single platform.

No extra licenses. No missing features. No hidden costs.

Effortless Scaling No Overhead

Grow monitoring without growing infrastructure for it.

Scaling your monitoring shouldn't mean adding more servers, tuning databases, or navigating licensing traps.
NetCrunch was built to handle thousands of devices. Its lightweight, efficient architecture grows naturally with your network.

With NetCrunch, scaling is simple, predictable, and reliable from day one.

SolarWinds often requires deploying additional pollers, database optimization, and complex upgrades to keep up, which adds cost, complexity, and risk.

Simple Licensing Transparent Pricing

Exactly know what you're paying for — no surprises.

Monitoring shouldn't come with hidden costs, surprise modules, or extra charges to unlock basic features.
NetCrunch keeps licensing simple: one platform, one license, all major features included — from device monitoring to flows, logs, servers, and cloud.

SolarWinds often requires separate licenses for different modules, which can drive up costs and complicate expansions.
With NetCrunch, what you see is what you get — a fully unified solution, ready to scale without hidden fees.

Licensing and TCO: The Real Cost of Monitoring

Unified pricing without hidden modules, database costs, or poller sprawl.

NetCrunch offers straightforward, transparent licensing: one platform, one license, and all major monitoring features included — without additional modules or surprise upgrades. You know what you're paying for, and scaling doesn't mean doubling your infrastructure or database costs.SolarWinds' modular licensing quickly drives up costs.

In SolarWinds, monitoring flows, servers, cloud resources, or logs requires separate modules — each licensed separately — often in conjunction with the need for a full SQL Server license, additional polling engines, and storage expansions.

NetCrunch vs. SolarWinds Modules

One platform replacing multiple SolarWinds products.

NetCrunch consolidates the essential functionality of multiple SolarWinds Orion Platform modules into a single, unified solution — without the licensing complexity, infrastructure overhead, or integration friction.

NetCrunch consolidates the core functionality of SolarWinds' Orion modules into a single, unified platform, eliminating the need for separate licenses, servers, or complex integrations.